Tag: skid steers: Page 17

Maintenance

Bobcat launches M-Series 500 model skid-steers and compact track loaders

At launch, the 500 lineup includes four new skid-steers in the S510, S530, S550, S570 and the S590, and two compact track loaders, the T550 and T590. Bobcat says the machines fall under its medium frame-size — the company’s most popular loader size class.

October 31, 2012

Construction Equipment

Terex to supply Takeuchi with 8 new skid steer models

Terex Construction announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Takeuchi Manufacturing, U.S. in which Terex will supply Takeuchi with eight new models of skid steer loaders.

October 24, 2012

Construction Equipment

Volvo Rents launches Used Equipment section on website

Volvo Rents has launched a section on the company’s website dedicated to used equipment sales. This section is intended to make used equipment more visible to customers. Equipment featured in the designated section includes excavators, generators, aerial platforms, backhoes and skid steer loaders. All of the equipment on the website is located the United States, […]

September 11, 2012

Safety

Product Focus

Trenchers   By Wayne Grayson     SINGLE-HANDED CONTROL Barreto Manufacturing offers multiple application solutions with the TK Track Trencher Series. TK series walk-behind trenchers feature an ergonomic single-handed control, with engine options ranging from 13 to 30 horsepower and trench depths between 24 and 48 inches. Track trenchers have a larger footprint, doing less […]

August 28, 2012

Maintenance

Marketplace

By Amy Materson   EDITOR’S PICK   SIZEABLE SKID STEER Gehl is touting the vertical lift V400 skid-steer loader – also launched as the 4000V under the Mustang brand – as the largest skid steer in the world. With a 4,000-pound rated operating capacity, a 9,150-pound breakout force and a 144-inch true vertical lift height, […]

August 28, 2012

Construction Equipment

Equipment theft means easy money

Skid steers, tractors and backhoes make up 68 percent of all reported construction equipment thefts, according to Corporal Daniel Pearson, a detective with the Haltom City Police Department, speaking at the Construction Symposium in Dallas yesterday. And the losses to contractors don’t stop with the machine. “You also have figure in the downtime you have […]

August 24, 2012

Safety

Inspection Checkpoint

How to Inspect a Used Skid Steer     Note a machine’s history, check for signs of abuse and take it through several cycles before you decide to buy       Inspection machine: 2005 Case 420 with 682 hours Seller: Independent rental company Inspector: Chuck Abney, former general manager of Border Equipment, Conley, Georgia, now with […]

August 7, 2012

Safety

Marketplace

By Amy Materson    Editor’s pick FUEL SAVER Achieve better fuel efficiency with Link-Belt’s 235 X3 Spin Ace minimum swing radius excavator, which features a Tier 4 Interim Isuzu engine that delivers 17.5 percent improved fuel efficiency when compared to the previous model, the 225 Spin Ace. The 235 X3 Spin Ace also has 15 […]

August 6, 2012

Equipment

JCB’s Ecomax engine meets EU Stage IIIB/US Tier 4 Interim emissions standards

JCB has added in-cylinder technologies to its Ecomax engines, allowing the engines to meet EU Stage IIIB/US Tier 4 Interim emissions standards. The Ecomax engine will be fitted into machines spanning the 74- to 173-horsepower range, including JCB backhoe loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers, wheeled loading shovels, the TM range of telescopic boom wheeled loaders, JS […]

August 2, 2012

Technology

Bobcat upgrades 700 and 800 M-Series loaders with Tier 4 engines

Bobcat has upgraded all of its 700 and 800 M-Series loaders with interim Tier 4-compliant engines.

August 1, 2012

Safety

Gehl, Mustang claim world’s largest skid steer

Just introduced to the North American market, Gehl’s new vertical-lift V400 and Mustang’s 4000V skid steers boast a rated operating capacity of 4,000 lbs. and a true vertical lift height of 144 inches. Lifting up to 144 inches, the two machines easily load high trailers and trucks.  The machines are what Mustang and Gehl call a […]

July 19, 2012

Technology

Case equipment upgrades Alpha Series

Case Construction Equipment’s Alpha Series—its SR250 and SV300 skid steers and TR320 and TV380 compact track loaders—now meet emission requirements for Tier 4 Interim certification, thanks to upgrades to the equipment. The Alpha Series includes both radial-lift and vertical-lift models. The radial lift machines (designated with an R in the model name) are intended […]

July 17, 2012